Dr. Randa Jabbour

Teaching:

• PLNT 1000: Agroecology
• PLNT 3030: Ecology of Plant Protection
• PLNT 3031: Applied Plant Protection
• PLNT 4120/5120: Organic Food Production
• PLNT 4920: Research Apprenticeship*

*Contact me in advance if you are interested in completing a research apprenticeship in my lab group.

 

Research:

My overall research goal is to use ecological interactions to design sustainable agricultural systems. Specifically, I study 1) pest management in cropping systems, 2) the effect of biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity on ecosystem services, and 3) the role of farmer decision-making in agricultural management. I also evaluate and practice best approaches for student-centered learning in university settings.   

 

Selected Publications:

Kinross, A., Lyons, S., Hageman, K., McClure, M., Jabbour, R. and Borch, T. 2025. Optimizing a pesticide fate model using field dissipation studies on alfalfa to predict honeybee exposure and risk. Environmental Science and Technology 59: 26104-26114. 

 

Jabbour, R. and R.K. Cook. 2025. Integration of art with science: College agriculture students practice science communication by writing art museum labels. Natural Sciences Education 54: e70008. 

 

Herreid, J.S., Lee, B., Islam, M.A., Ritten, J., and Jabbour, R. 2025. Alfalfa harvest timing impacts on

alfalfa weevil with agronomic and economic contexts. Crop Protection: 107134. 

 

Herreid, J.S., Rand, T.A., Cockrell, D.M., Peairs, F., and Jabbour, R. 2024. On-farm harvest timing effects on alfalfa weevil across the Intermountain West region of the United States. Frontiers in Insect Science 4: 1324044. 

 

McClure, M., Herreid, J., and Jabbour, R. 2023. Insecticide application timing effects on alfalfa insect communities. Journal of Economic Entomology 116: 815-822.

 

Pellissier, M.E., Rand, T.A., Murphy, M.A., and Jabbour, R. 2022. Landscape composition and management history affect alfalfa weevil but not its parasitoid. Environmental Entomology.

 

Nobes, S., Herreid, J., Panter, K., and Jabbour, R. 2022. Insect visitors of specialty cut flowers in high tunnels. Journal of Economic Entomology 115: 909-913.

 

Jabbour, R., McClelland, S.C., and Schipanski, M.E. 2021. Use of decision-support tools by students to link crop management practices with greenhouse gas emissions: A case study. Natural Sciences Education 50: e20063.

 

Carabajal-Capitán, S., Kniss, A., and Jabbour, R. 2021. Seed predation of interseeded cover crops and resulting impacts on ground beetles. Environmental Entomology. 

 

Jabbour, R. and Noy, S. 2020. The promise of a multi-disciplinary, mixed-methods approach to inform insect pest management: Evidence from Wyoming alfalfa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4: 246.  

 

Noy, S. and Jabbour, R. 2020. Decision-making in local context: Expertise, experience, and the importance of neighbours in farmers’ insect pest management. Sociologia Ruralis.  

 

Jabbour, R. and Pellissier, M.E. 2019. Instructor priorities for undergraduate organic agriculture education. Natural Sciences Education 48: 1-7.

 

Pellissier, M.E. and Jabbour, R. 2018. Herbivore and parasitoid insects respond differently to annual and perennial floral strips in an alfalfa ecosystem. Biological Control 123: 28-35.

 

Jabbour, R. and Noy, S. 2017. Wyoming producer priorities and perceptions of alfalfa insect pests. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8: 1-7.  

 

Pellissier, M.E., Nelson, Z. Jabbour, R. 2017. Ecology and management of the alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Western United States alfalfa. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8: 1-7.

 

Kniss, A.R., Savage, S., Jabbour, R. 2016. Commercial crop yields reveal strengths and weaknesses for organic agriculture in the United States. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161673. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161673.

 

Jabbour, R., Pisani-Gareau, T., Smith, R.G., Mullen, C., Barbercheck, M. 2015. Cover crop and tillage intensities alter ground-dwelling arthropod communities during the transition to organic production. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 31: 361-374.